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President Jack Edwards

Well, we have made it through our first month with me as your President. So far, so good. We had a very busy July. Our first meeting of the month was the Past President’s BBQ thanks to Immediate Past President Bob Brewer. Our board meeting was handled by 2nd VP Sharon at The Barn Cafe in Sheldon. Our final dinner meeting of the month was also held at The Barn Cafe in Sheldon. Thanks to all of you for the great turnout.

As is often the case, we again doubled up our community events and served pancakes at the Senior Center Breakfast on the 9th, followed by cooking hamburgers and hotdogs for the CSD Community Campout at Elk Grove Park. The following morning, the crew returned to the park to prepare sausages and pancakes for the approximately 340 campers. It was a great event. Thanks to Lions Bob Brewer, Dave King, Dan Pearson, Bill Hibbard, Vanita Kumari, Harjeet Kumar, Pancho Sanchez, Jim Switzgable and Lorene Fuhs.

Later in the month, we assisted the Strauss Festival by handling the collections for parking. Thanks to the chair of the event, Lion Dave King, we had great crews on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening. If that wasn’t enough to keep us buys over the weekend, Lion Jim Switzgable’s crew was up early on Saturday morning to cook pancakes at the Kohl’s Child Spree in support of our friends at the Optimist Club of Elk Grove. Thanks to all of the Lions who volunteered. We could not be the force within our community without you.

We also have the following plans for August. We will start off on the 3rd with our Chili’s fundraiser. We passed out hundreds of flyers during the Strauss Festival and hope for a great turnout. On the 6th Lion Bob Brewer and crew will handle the Historical Society BBQ. We have our regular meetings and the board meeting. Our first meeting, on the 8th will be at the Senior Center. We will be doing the Senior Center Breakfast on Saturday the 13th. The board meeting on the 15th and the 4th Monday meeting on the 22nd will be at The Barn Cafe in Sheldon. I hope to see all of you at our upcoming activities.

Lions are in 200 countries and geographic areas. We have 45,000 clubs with over 1.3 million members world wide. We have a dynamic history. We are best known for fighting blindness — it’s part of our history as well as our work today. But we also volunteer for many different kinds of projects including disaster relief — across many borders. We serve youth. Our community projects often support local children and schools with new programs and resources. Internationally, we offer many programs.

We hope you will consider joining our club.

To become a Lion, you must be of good moral character and good reputation in our community.

Membership is by invitation.

If you’re interested in being invited to join Lions Club of Elk Grove, you may want to consider some of the following facts about Lionism:

I attended the Tribute to Iris Zimbleman, the creator of the Elk Grove Strauss Festival.
We happily worked this event in July.

For the club members who don’t know a lot of our history, here is a photo of the plaque on the Strauss Island Bridge thanking the Elk Grove Lions Club for building it for the community.

Lions Cooking for Camp Out in Elk Grove Park

Lions Cooking for Camp Out in Elk Grove Park

Lions getting set up for the Child Spree

Lions Lorene, Jim & Al

Lions getting set up for the Child Spree

Sausages on the grill Lion Al flipping pancakes

The serving line. Lions Sharon, Harjeet & Joe

Lions Al & Agustin

Announcements

DUES!!! DUES!!! Dues were due by the end of June. Many of you still have not paid yet. Please make sure to bring your checks to the next meeting or go online to our website and pay your dues there. All you need is a credit card, and you are set to go.

Let’s reach out to our fellow members:

Please keep Lion Heinz in your prayers. He started radiation treatment in December. Give him a call and lend him your support. He can be reached at (540) 888-3936.

As many of you know, Lion Sterling has been in a care facility since his stroke. He would love to have some visits from his Lion friends. Call ahead to make sure he is not out on a field trip. He is atEmeritus of Laguna Creek, 6727 Laguna Park Drive, EG, CA. 95758 916-683-1881

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As usual, we want to send out a special thank you to Dr. John J. Eliopulos, O.D. for all of his support with our efforts to continue to provide support to people with visual impairments. You can find Dr. Eliopulos’ office at 9074 Elk Grove Blvd., Elk Grove, CA 95624.

We also send our thanks out to Dr. Diana Holcomb, O.D. for her support of our mission to support people with visual impairments. You can find Crystal View Optometry at Dr. Diana Holcomb’s office at 8419 Elk Grove-Florin Road, Elk Grove, CA 95624 just south of Calvine Road, next to the Bel Air Market.